Outlast 2

Like its predecessor, Outlast 2 is a first-person single-player survival horror that continues the found footage characteristics from the first game. The player assumes the role of a cameraman named Blake Langermann, who investigates a dilapidated rural area in Supai, Northern Arizona, United States, near the western edge of the Colorado Plateau.

The player cannot fight except in scripted scenes, and so they must run and hide from the numerous hostile enemies across the game. The player can also crouch, run, jump, walk, vault, slide, and climb much like the first game and can hide in lockers, barrels, wardrobes, beds, water pools, tall grass, cornfields, and houses. The player has a limited stamina meter, and must manage how long they run, or else they will become exhausted and move more slowly.

An assisting cameraman named Blake Langermann works for his wife, Lynn, an investigative journalist, who is investigating the murder of a pregnant teenager only known as Jane Doe. The couple have a helicopter pilot fly them over the area where Jane Doe possibly came from, but they are suddenly hit by a mysterious blinding light and the helicopter crash-lands in the Supai region of Coconino County, Arizona, United States. When Blake wakes up after the crash, he finds the pilot skinned alive and Lynn missing.

Blake makes his way to the nearby town of Temple Gate, where he learns that the residents sacrificed all their children in the name of God, and eventually locates Lynn in a chapel. She is being held hostage by a violent, delirious Christian cult led by the preacher Sullivan Knoth, who rapes the local women and, once they are pregnant, executes them on suspicion of carrying the Antichrist. Knoth claims that Temple Gate lies on the mouth of Hell, and that Lynn is pregnant with said offspring. The couple escape the chapel, but Lynn falters, suffering from stomach cramps. They are separated when Lynn is kidnapped by a Satanic splinter group known as the 'Heretics' and their androgynous leader Val, who wish to hasten Judgement Day by witnessing the Antichrist's birth.

After the critical success of Outlast, Red Barrels confirmed the development of a sequel on October 23, 2014. It was also reported that the characters and setting would be greatly different in comparison to the first game, as players would not return to Mount Massive Asylum in the sequel. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, their co-founder Philippe Morin stated that "we really want to keep improving our craft, but ultimately we'll approach things the same way."

On October 28, on both Red Barrels' Facebook and Twitter accounts, a post featured a bulletin board with documents posted saying, "Classified", and the word "Tomorrow" across the picture. The next day, the teaser trailer for the game was released on their YouTube account. On January 26, 2016, when asked about the possibility of being released simultaneously and pre-order, Red Barrels replied that it might be possible but were not exactly sure.

Outlast 2 received generally positive reviews from critics but received "mixed or average" reviews for the PlayStation 4 version.

Destructoid's Nic Rowen scored the game an 8/10 with the consensus "Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone but is worth most people's time and cash."